fortescue
noun
for·tes·cue
ˈfȯrtəˌskyü
variants or less commonly fortescure or fortesque
-yu̇r
-yü
plural -s
: an Australian scorpion fish (Centropogon australis) having along the back venomous erectile spines capable of inflicting painful wounds
called also forty-skewer, scorpion
Word History
Etymology
alteration (influenced by the proper name Fortescue) of forty-skewer
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